| 单词 | earthly |
| 释义 | earthly (ɜːʳθli ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Earthly means happening in the material world of our life on Earth and not in any spiritual life or life after death. ...the need to confront evil during the earthly life. They lived in an earthly paradise. Synonyms: worldly, material, physical, secular 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Earthly is used for emphasis in phrases such as no earthly reason. If you say that there is no earthly reason why something should happen, you are emphasizing that there is no reason at all why it should happen. [emphasis] There is no earthly reason why they should ever change. What earthly reason would they have for lying? There's no earthly use saying it isn't true. Synonyms: possible, likely, practical, feasible Collocations: earthly existence It's when we love deeply that we get a taste of a realm and a reality that transcends earthly existence. Christianity Today Geography used to deal with things that have been dependable and solid for thousands of millions of years, the mapping of the certainties of earthly existence. Times, Sunday Times That could probably sum up my earthly existence. Times, Sunday Times Turning 65 has long been one of life's watersheds, marking the end of work, the beginning of retirement and the last chapter of earthly existence. Times, Sunday Times Here the poet paints a grim portrait of our earthly existence: sombre nights, tears, smoke, thorns and mud. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I am sufficiently competent to make up my own mind, and leave prior notice to this effect, concerning my time for leaving behind this earthly life without advice from outsiders. Times, Sunday Times Finally, organic compounds form the basis of all earthly life and constitute a significant part of human endeavors in chemistry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This experience sometimes included a sense of despair, that earthly life itself had been a cruel illusion or joke. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Smoking represented pleasure, transience and the briefness of earthly life as it, quite literally, went up in smoke. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a result, the difficulties of earthly life would disappear. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now that you've sated your appetite for earthly pleasures, it's time to get spiritual. Times, Sunday Times He also told how his warriors start to make the most of their freedom and seek out earthly pleasures ... The Sun They reflected the monks' preoccupations with earthly pleasures and the overbearing burden of fate. Times, Sunday Times Big sillage fragrances are unhelpful here because, like operatic make-up, they work better at a distance, and they can get in the way of other earthly pleasures. Times, Sunday Times The rocky area represents the hermit's asceticism while the fertile area earthly pleasures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I've never been someone who travels lightly, my earthly possessions squeezed into a gap-year rucksack or even the boot of a hatchback. Times, Sunday Times You may even have the right to half your spouse's earthly possessions. Globe and Mail His earthly possessions consisted of a horse given him by his brother-in-law. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I got rid of all my earthly possessions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These mere trappings of the earthly realm are all immaterial. Times, Sunday Times A beautiful princess from an underwater kingdom meets a handsome prince from an earthly realm. Times, Sunday Times The outer panels are firmly set in the earthly realm, with donors and sculpted grisaille saints. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the spell backfired, trapping the guests as spirits in the earthly realm inside the hotel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In both, they are positioned within fully realised landscapes, setting them in an earthly realm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There is no earthly reason for it to be here - apart from the staggering view, a sea breeze and sheer joie de vivre. Times, Sunday Times (2006) He didn't suffer for any earthly reason. Christianity Today (2000) Which means, no earthly reason to go near the brutes. Times, Sunday Times (2010) There's no earthly reason why you shouldn't trailblaze to a rather gorgeous beach. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Translations: Chinese: 尘世的 Japanese: この世の |
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